I've been reading The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis, and good ol' Clive continues to speak boldly and wisely into my life. I wholeheartedly recommend this book, though I'd advise against making it your introduction to Lewis. It can take a little while to get used to his voice, but once you do, hopefully you too will feel like you're hearing from an old friend, or perhaps a doting and highly intelligent grandfather with the proverbial twinkle in his eye.
The admonishment that I most needed to hear as I read this book:
If I am sure of anything I am sure that [Christ's] teaching was never meant to confirm my congenital preference for safe investments and limited liabilities. I doubt whether there is anything in me that pleases Him less (120).
Oh, how often this congenital preference wins out in me, and how that must displease my wild, daring, and wholly trustworthy Savior!
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